Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
STMicro announces plans to spend €5B on a chips manufacturing plant in Catania, Italy with the government providing €2B in subsidies under European Chips Act — STMicroelectronics NV said it plans to spend €5 billion ($5.4 billion) on a manufacturing plant for chips and packaging in Catania …
Sources: Tesla prepares to register its FSD with Chinese authorities as it plans a rollout in 2024 and selling the software as a monthly subscription in China (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: Tesla prepares to register its FSD with Chinese authorities as it plans a rollout in 2024 and selling the software as a monthly subscription in China — Tesla (TSLA.O) is preparing to register its ‘Full Self-Driving’ software with authorities in China in the run up to its planned rollout …
Researchers claim just 2,107 US voters, mostly older, white Republican women, accounted for spreading 80% of the fake news on Twitter during the 2020 election (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Researchers claim just 2,107 US voters, mostly older, white Republican women, accounted for spreading 80% of the fake news on Twitter during the 2020 election — A pair of studies published Thursday in the journal Science offers evidence not only that misinformation on social media changes minds …
A look at the different approaches to AI integration and modularization taken by Google, AWS, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, and Databricks, and the implications (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
A look at the different approaches to AI integration and modularization taken by Google, AWS, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, and Databricks, and the implications — Satya Nadella, in last week’s Stratechery Interview, said in response to a question about Google and AI:
Government data: South Korea’s chip inventories fell 33.7% YoY in April, largest drop since 2014, underscoring the pace at which demand is outstripping supply (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)
Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
Government data: South Korea’s chip inventories fell 33.7% YoY in April, largest drop since 2014, underscoring the pace at which demand is outstripping supply — – Demand for memory chips increases in line with AI development — Samsung, SK Hynix vie to become main supplier to Nvidia
Valar Labs, which has developed AI models to help predict bladder cancer treatment outcomes, raised a $22M Series A led by DCVC and a16z (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Valar Labs, which has developed AI models to help predict bladder cancer treatment outcomes, raised a $22M Series A led by DCVC and a16z — Putting AI to work in the healthcare industry is a tricky business; it’s even more so in oncology, where the stakes are especially high.
OpenAI is hiring research engineers to rebuild its robotics team; sources: the company plans to develop tech that robot makers will integrate into their systems (Forbes)
Forbes:
OpenAI is hiring research engineers to rebuild its robotics team; sources: the company plans to develop tech that robot makers will integrate into their systems — After disbanding its efforts to build a general purpose robot in 2020, the AI juggernaut is embarking on a new attempt …
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Edu, an “affordable” version for universities, including GPT-4o access, custom GPT creation, and higher message limits than the free tier (Dan Fitzpatrick/Forbes)
Dan Fitzpatrick / Forbes:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Edu, an “affordable” version for universities, including GPT-4o access, custom GPT creation, and higher message limits than the free tier — OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu. This will be a specialized version of its AI platform designed specifically for universities.
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Edu, an “affordable” version for universities, including GPT-4o access, custom GPT creation, and higher message limits than the free tier (Dan Fitzpatrick/Forbes)
Dan Fitzpatrick / Forbes:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Edu, an “affordable” version for universities, including GPT-4o access, custom GPT creation, and higher message limits than the free tier — OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu. This will be a specialized version of its AI platform designed specifically for universities.
Google explains AI Overviews’ viral mistakes and updates its systems, including better detection of nonsensical queries and limiting satire and humor content (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google explains AI Overviews’ viral mistakes and updates its systems, including better detection of nonsensical queries and limiting satire and humor content — Google this afternoon published a long response about AI Overviews and their accuracy. The Search feature launched at I/O 2024 …
